Vierna? [Oh, even as a human it's entirely obvious who this is. He hasn't changed a bit... well, maybe he looks slightly older—and he's wearing (garish, flamboyant) clothes more suited to surface weather—but that's possibly only due to the translation in species.]

We're a bit further on, but I do not mind backtracking with the teleportation circle network—can you meet us at the city's main Pokemon center?